# The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 9, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999, Article 1: Citation and interpretation

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(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 9, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) “the Act" means the Social Security Act 1998;
(b) “the Regulations" means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ;
(c) “relevant benefit" means any of the benefits to which article 2(c) of this Order refers,
(d) “relevant benefit” also means the following benefits under the Social Security Act 1975—
(i) sickness benefit under section 14;
(ii) unemployment benefit under section 14;
(iii) invalidity pension under section 15; and
(iv) invalidity allowance under section 16.
and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2422/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-9-and-savings-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/article-1
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